Structural, optical and crystal field analyses of undoped and Mn2+-doped ZnS nanoparticles synthesized via reverse micelle route
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2014
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Krsmanović, RadenkaJovanović, Dragana J.
Antić, Željka
Bartova, Barbora
Milivojević, Dušan
Dramićanin, Miroslav
Brik, Mikhail G.
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Zinc sulfide, both as a bulk material and in nanocrystalline form, is a valuable luminescent material with important applications. Doped ZnS nanoparticles of around 5 nm are the material of choice for optoelectronic applications running in the UV region owing to their significant quantum size effect. This paper concerns detailed structural, spectroscopic and crystal field studies of ZnS nanoparticles, both pure and doped with Mn2+ ions, successfully synthesized at room temperature using a simple reverse micelle technique in the Triton X-100/cyclohexane medium. The resulting ZnS sphalerite phase smallsize nanoparticles (3-5 nm) have a much larger energy band gap ( similar to 4.7 eV) than that reported for the bulk ZnS (3.6 eV), thus confirming a pronounced quantum confinement effect. The electron paramagnetic resonance data provided evidence for the existence of two distinct environments for Mn2+ ions: the interior (core) and near the surface of the nanoparticles. The presence of an Mn2...+-characteristic orange emission centered at 600 nm confirmed that our samples were properly doped with Mn2+ ions, as the T-4(1)- GT (6)A(1) radiation transition could arise only on the basis of Mn2+ ions incorporated into the ZnS nanoparticles. To the best of our knowledge, our finding include the longest decay time component for the orange emission ever observed, timed at about 3.3 ms. The experimental excitation spectra were analyzed and the transitions assigned using the exchange charge model of theory of crystal field, which allowed to calculate the energy level scheme of the Mn2+ ions. The results presented in this paper provide us with detailed information about the ZnS sphalerite nanocrystals studied and can be readily applied to other similar systems. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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ZnS / Semiconductors / Nanostructured materials / Optical properties / Luminescence / Crystal field analysisSource:
Journal of Luminescence, 2014, 146, 133-140Funding / projects:
- Materials of Reduced Dimensions for Efficient Light Harvesting and Energy conversion (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-45020)
- Size-, shape- and structure- dependent properties of nanoparticles and nanocomposites (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-172056)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.09.032
ISSN: 0022-2313; 1872-7883
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Krsmanović, Radenka AU - Jovanović, Dragana J. AU - Antić, Željka AU - Bartova, Barbora AU - Milivojević, Dušan AU - Dramićanin, Miroslav AU - Brik, Mikhail G. PY - 2014 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5847 AB - Zinc sulfide, both as a bulk material and in nanocrystalline form, is a valuable luminescent material with important applications. Doped ZnS nanoparticles of around 5 nm are the material of choice for optoelectronic applications running in the UV region owing to their significant quantum size effect. This paper concerns detailed structural, spectroscopic and crystal field studies of ZnS nanoparticles, both pure and doped with Mn2+ ions, successfully synthesized at room temperature using a simple reverse micelle technique in the Triton X-100/cyclohexane medium. The resulting ZnS sphalerite phase smallsize nanoparticles (3-5 nm) have a much larger energy band gap ( similar to 4.7 eV) than that reported for the bulk ZnS (3.6 eV), thus confirming a pronounced quantum confinement effect. The electron paramagnetic resonance data provided evidence for the existence of two distinct environments for Mn2+ ions: the interior (core) and near the surface of the nanoparticles. The presence of an Mn2+-characteristic orange emission centered at 600 nm confirmed that our samples were properly doped with Mn2+ ions, as the T-4(1)- GT (6)A(1) radiation transition could arise only on the basis of Mn2+ ions incorporated into the ZnS nanoparticles. To the best of our knowledge, our finding include the longest decay time component for the orange emission ever observed, timed at about 3.3 ms. The experimental excitation spectra were analyzed and the transitions assigned using the exchange charge model of theory of crystal field, which allowed to calculate the energy level scheme of the Mn2+ ions. The results presented in this paper provide us with detailed information about the ZnS sphalerite nanocrystals studied and can be readily applied to other similar systems. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. T2 - Journal of Luminescence T1 - Structural, optical and crystal field analyses of undoped and Mn2+-doped ZnS nanoparticles synthesized via reverse micelle route VL - 146 SP - 133 EP - 140 DO - 10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.09.032 ER -
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Krsmanović, R., Jovanović, D. J., Antić, Ž., Bartova, B., Milivojević, D., Dramićanin, M.,& Brik, M. G.. (2014). Structural, optical and crystal field analyses of undoped and Mn2+-doped ZnS nanoparticles synthesized via reverse micelle route. in Journal of Luminescence, 146, 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.09.032
Krsmanović R, Jovanović DJ, Antić Ž, Bartova B, Milivojević D, Dramićanin M, Brik MG. Structural, optical and crystal field analyses of undoped and Mn2+-doped ZnS nanoparticles synthesized via reverse micelle route. in Journal of Luminescence. 2014;146:133-140. doi:10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.09.032 .
Krsmanović, Radenka, Jovanović, Dragana J., Antić, Željka, Bartova, Barbora, Milivojević, Dušan, Dramićanin, Miroslav, Brik, Mikhail G., "Structural, optical and crystal field analyses of undoped and Mn2+-doped ZnS nanoparticles synthesized via reverse micelle route" in Journal of Luminescence, 146 (2014):133-140, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2013.09.032 . .